Ladies and slightly furrier ladies, we have our Peeta and Gale!
It was announced today that The Kids Are All Right‘s Josh Hutcherson will play the baker’s son and The Last Song‘s Liam Hemsworth will play Gale in the big-screen adaptation of the impossibly violent and very awesome Hunger Games teen bloodbath trilogy.
I’m pleased as a pig in cool shit about Hutcherson – ever since seeing him in Bridge to Terabithia I’ve found him to be an uncommonly sensitive young actor who has the ability to make me cry in movies intended for 12-year-olds. Hemsworth I could give two shits for, to be honest – but based on looks alone he’s not remotely what I expected for the outdoorsy Gale.
Liam Hemsworth
I think Hutcherson will do a great job with the incredibly difficult role of Peeta, who is a bit of a cypher early on and goes completely batshitbananas later on. Gale’s a bit of an easier part, in my opinion, so I’m really not bothered.
Thoughts? Anyone else slightly more excited than they were when they cast Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss?
These are absolutely the two I was rooting for to land these roles. However, no. I was MUCH more excited over Jennifer’s role since I had JUST seen Winter’s Bone and pretty much fallen ape shit head over heels for this chick. She rocks. I loves me some Josh and Liam would look really good riding my… um…. yeah. But the actual acting will rest firmly on the shoulders of Jennifer and I was much more excited for her getting work.
Lawrence will be great b/c she was phenominal in Winter’s Bone, and I like Josh Hutcherson too….Liam Hemsworth, however, he’s one giant yawn of an actor…I have wool scarfs with more presence than him.
Yes, but your wool scarves have always been of an uncommonly refined dramatic pedigree, Sarah. I’ve seen productions of “Hedda Gabler” with less gravitas than one of your winter neckerchiefs!
That said, he’s a big “meh…”.
I’ll take that as a compliment.
Well, at least they got rid of the unexpressive Alex Pettyfer and the Weed-kid.
Josh Hutcherson will rock in this role, and I can’t wait to book one of the copies of Mockingjay and finish the trilogy. Him being Peeta is a fitting choice.
I cannot say the same for Liam Hemsworth. I have only seen him in action in Christopher Smith’s Triangle (which was very, very nice by the way) and I really really don’t see him as Gale. I was imagining Devon Bostick in the role (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1256602/) I don’t know why, but Bostick was my choice.